Tales of Hi and Bye: Greeting and Parting Rituals Around the World

Lundmark, Torbjörn

ISBN 10: 0521117542 / ISBN 13: 9780521117548

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tales of Hi and Bye: Greeting and Parting Rituals Around the World
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521117542
• ISBN 13: 9780521117548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

We do it over and over again, day after day, and never seem to get enough of it. Albanians do it. Zulus do it. Movie stars and plumbers do it. All around the world, people say hi and bye in innumerable languages and countless ways: they wave and bow and curtsey and shake hands and rub noses and fist-bump and mwah-mwah and perform a vast array of greeting and farewell rituals, so common and natural that no-one stops to notice … Tales of Hi and Bye provides a delightful, witty, and intriguing insight into the sometimes strange and often wonderful customs associated with an ordinary, everyday event. For more information, book extracts and cartoons visit www.talesofhiandbye.com

About the Author

Torbjörn Lundmark (known as TL) was born in Sweden and has called Australia home since 1978. He works as a professional writer, illustrator and cartoonist, and is the author of several books, including Quirky Qwerty: The Story of the Keyboard at Your Fingertips.